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Poster: | skybandit | Date: | Jun 26, 2010 4:16pm |
Forum: | feature_films | Subject: | Copyrighted? |
http://www.archive.org/details/AnthonyLanzasTheIncredible2-headedTransplant1971
contains a valid notice in the very last line of the credits, and...
http://www.archive.org/details/BattleOfTheWorlds1961
was renewed:
Type of Work: Motion Picture
Registration Number / Date: PAu001073719 / 1987-11-25
Title: Battle of the worlds / an Ultra Film production ; directed by Anthony Dawson.
Description: 2 videocassettes : sd., col. ; 3/4 in.
Language: Dubbed into English.
Copyright Claimant: U P A Productions of America
Date of Creation: 1987
Authorship on Application: U P A Productions of America, employer for hire.
Previous Registration: Preexisting material: motion picture.
Basis of Claim: New Matter: "new narration, editing, and some new cinematography."
Names: Dawson, Anthony
Ultra Film
UPA Productions of America
...and it's probably up for GATT in it's original form.
Would LOVE to be proven wrong here...
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Poster: | skybandit | Date: | Jun 27, 2010 10:47am |
Forum: | feature_films | Subject: | Re: Copyrighted? |
This post was modified by skybandit on 2010-06-27 17:27:42
This post was modified by skybandit on 2010-06-27 17:45:18
This post was modified by skybandit on 2010-06-27 17:47:50
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Poster: | HektorT | Date: | Jun 28, 2010 4:42am |
Forum: | feature_films | Subject: | Re: Copyrighted? |
Video Cellar says that something is GATT'd if it was originally published outside of the USA and was not in the public domain in the country where it was originally published. That does not always make it GATT. While VideoCellar's input is quite valuable, I don't expect him to spend hours researching copyright status of international films for free. Also since GATT'd is a frequent topic around here, there are situations where a GATT'd film could legally be posted. For example if a reliance party did it for a film without a NIE it would be perfectly legal.
I think a lot of people would support the posting of GATT films that have no NIE, since that means no owner has come forward to recover the copyright
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Poster: | Mystic550 | Date: | Jun 28, 2010 3:30pm |
Forum: | feature_films | Subject: | Re: Copyrighted? |
I checked the NIE registrations and neither film was there.
http://www.copyright.gov/gatt.html
Also I checked Alpha Video and they are selling both Battle and Thessaly. I'm going to try Google and see if I can find anymore info.
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Poster: | Mystic550 | Date: | Jun 27, 2010 6:51am |
Forum: | feature_films | Subject: | Re: Copyrighted? |
http://www.filmchest.com/film-chest/search-public-domain-films/filmlibrary/science-fiction/Battle-of-the-Worlds-
http://www.desertislandfilms.com/cgi-bin/dif.pl?Category=Science%20Fiction/Horror&pagenum=2&cgifunction=Search
Maybe Video-Cellar or others who do a lot of copyright research can chime in. The copyright notice shown for Battle of the Worlds lists the Date of Creation as 1987 and
Previous Registration: Preexisting material: motion picture.
Basis of Claim: New Matter: "new narration, editing, and some new cinematography."
It looks like they made a new registration in 1987 because they added new material. When new material is added that version can be copyrighted but the original still remains public domain.
I searched the US copyright database and couldn't find any entries for an original registration or renewal. The U.S. theatrical release was March 1963 (dubbed) by Topaz Film Corp. This print shows Topaz Film Corp. at the start of the video and there is no copyright notice either in the opening or closing credits.
Video-Cellar,
Can you provide any input? Thanks